Saturday Briefs

Easter Seals offers speech program

FREMONT - Easter Seals Northern Ohio plans to host a summer speech therapy program in Fremont. The program will offer services to children in Sandusky and Ottawa counties with speech and language disabilities or delays.

Easter Seals summer speech program is designed to help children maintain the level of ability they have worked all school year to obtain. Sessions are typically a half hour and are held once a week.

Easter Seals offers a sliding fee scale and provides billing for many insurance plans, BCMH and Medicaid. For more information, call 1-888-325-8532.

PUCO approves rail crossing upgrades

COLUMBUS - The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved construction authorization from the Ohio Rail Development Commission directing Norfolk Southern Railway to install new warning devices at rail crossings in Sandusky County.

NS will install new flashing lights and roadway gates at the Nelson and Church streets rail crossings in Clyde, Sandusky County. The railroad will also permanently close the rail crossing on Amanda Street.

Ottawa County plan commission to meet

On the agenda is the review of a replat of the Erie Industrial Park, and zoning text for Salem and Harris townships. For more information call 419-734-6780.

Genealogical society to meet at library

OAK HARBOR - The Ottawa County Genealogical Society meeting will be 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Oak Harbor Library. The program will be about the digitized version on "The Exponent" and how to use it. They will use their own equipment but it is suggested that you bring your own laptop to access the website. The public is welcome.

'Baltimore in the Civil War' is Roundtable topic

TIFFIN - The Johnson Island Civil War Roundtable will meet at TJ Willies in Tiffin at 7 p.m. May 20. Howard Strouse will speak about “Baltimore in the Civil War.” Baltimore, Maryland, was important to both the North and South. Dinner will begin at 5:15 p.m.